Etymology

overimpress

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Today it means: To impress too much. Full definition →

English impress ← Middle English impressen ← Latin impressus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  8. Proto-Italic*en
  9. Proto-Italic*en-
  10. Latinin-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  13. Proto-Italic*pres-
  14. Latinpremō
  15. Latinimprimō
  16. Latinimpressus
  17. Middle Englishimpressen
  18. Englishimpress
  19. English todayoverimpress

From over- + impress.

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